Poster Stamps

A set of poster stamps, spelling out LEO'S HANSI
Leo's Hansi were pens for school produced by C. W. Leo Nachfolge GmbH of Leipzig, Germany. At that time pens were what we would call nibs. They would be attached into a wooden body, and these were intended for schools. You needed to keep replacing them because a lack of a hard tip meant they wore out.
The illustrations shoow 9 activities associated with what appear to be young army cadets - March out, Event, Field guard, Patrol, Protect the line, Storm attack, Criticism, Bivouacing, and Parade. I think this would make them pre-WWI, and I have seen a date for the stamps of 1911/



The nibs came in a tin with a picture of the logo of Hansi's face, and inside a slip of paper.

The paper translates as
Dear boys and girls! If you like to write regularly with Leo pens, make sure that the same piece of paper as this one is in every box of Leo pens. Collect the slips of paper and send them to [address] with your address. For every 15 of these slips you will receive a free book, which you can choose from the list below, compiled by the "United German Examination Committees for Youth Writing".

The fashions on these poster stamps date them to about 100 years ago. They advertise Kohinoor snap fastners, and each stamp has usefuk advice for which size you need for a particular purpose. Essential for the Great British Sewing Bee would-be contestants I suppose. Surpeisingly Kohinoor is still making the same fasteners today, and are based in Prague.